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DANIEL H. MOVEN, OF MYERSVILLE, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,270, dated. July 9, 1901.

application niet April 26, 1901.

To otZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. MOWEN, re-

ick and State of Maryland, have invented aY newand useful Improvement in Broom-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in broomholders, and has for an object to provide a simple novel construction for holding the broom in which the clamping-arms will stand at an angle to the carrier or base, in which the clamp will include a sliding member which will be operated by the gravity of the broomhandle and of the clamp, and in which the sliding clamping member will be constructed to provide a stop for limiting the dropping movement of the clamping devices.

My invention consists in certain novel con,- structions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the holder with the broom-handle removed. Fig. 3 is a side View of the holder with the clamping devices lowered in full lines and raised in dotted lines, showing the spreading of the clamp for the broom-handle; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the carrier.

In carrying out my'invention I provide a suitable carrier, which is shown in detail in Fig. 4 and consists, preferably, of a plate A, which may be conveniently secured against a wall or other support, as will be understood from Fig. l, and is provided with an upper and a lower bearing B and C. The upper in the rear face of the plate, as there is no en-d thrust rearwardly on the sliding member of the clamp; but the bearing C is preferably closed on both its front and rear sides, as shown, as the main member of the clamp has a thrust in both directions.

It will benoticed that the clamp of my holder is inclined downwardly from its connection with the main plate. The clamping devices include clamping-bars E and F,which are slidable one upon the other and are pivoted, respectively, in the lower and upper bearings of the carrier-plate by means of shafts E and F', from which extend returned `ortions E2 and F2 which construction o er- Serial No. 57,586. (No model.)

ates to retain the members in connection with the carrier-plate, and the returned portion F2 operates by engagement with the carrierplate as a Vstop to limit the downward movement of the clamping devices. The section `F slides through a loop e, formed by bending the section E, and the clamping-arms E3 and F3 are arranged to bindon opposite sides of the broom-handle and are spread slightly at e3 and f3 to facilitate the introduction of such handle between them. y

In the operation of the described construc- .tion if the clamping devices'be in the position shown in full lines, Fig. 3, and the broomhandle be forced laterally between the clamping-arms such operation will cause the clamping devices to rise slightly on their pivotal connection with the main plate as the arms are spread to receive the broom-handle, and when the said handle is released its gravity and that of the clamping devices will cause the arms of the clamp to tightly clasp andY hold the handle as desired. It will be noticed that the clamp readily adj lists itself Vto different sizes of handles and by standing at an incline to the carrier-plate serves to hold the handle away from the wall, so it can be readily inserted in and removed from the clamp.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is- Y l. The herein-described broom-holder conclamping-bar provided at its ou'ter end with i the clamping-arm and at its inner end with a shaft journaled in the lower bearing of the carrier-plate, said bar being provided with a guide-opening for the other clampingbar,and the second clamping bar slidable in said opening, provided at its outer end with an arm cooperating with that of the other bar and provided at its inner end With the shaft journaled in the upper bearing of the carrier-plate and having a returned portion eX- tending across the face of the carrier and adapted to form a stop, substantially as set forth.

2. A broom-holder comprising two clamping-bars slidable one upon the other and provided at their outer ends with arms to clamp on opposite sides of the handle and pivot- IOO ally supported at their inner ends, substantially as set forth. f

3. A broom-holder comprising two clamping-sections slidable one upon the other and pivotally supported on different centers whereby as they are rocked upon their pivots they will be caused to approach and recede at their outer ends substantially as set forth.

4. A broom-holder comprising a clamp conssting of two members slidable relatively to each other and arranged to bind the broomhandle when the gravity thereof is exerted upon the said clamp, substantially as set forth.

5. A broom holder comprising a carrierplate, and clamping-sections having clamping-arms at their outer ends, slidable upon each other and having their inner ends pivoted to the carrier-plate one above the other, substantially as set forth.

6. Abroom-holder consisting ofthe carrierplate having bearings one above the other and the clamp composed of members provided at their inner ends with shafts journaled in the bearings of the carrier-plate, one of the members having a twisted portion forming a loop through which the other member may slide substantially as set forth.

7. The combination 'in a broom-holder of the carrier, and the clamp composed of members pivoted at their inner ends to the carrier-plate and slidable one along the other, one of the members being provided adjacent to its pivot With a returned portion arranged to abut the plate and operate as a stop substantially as set forth.

DANIEL Il. MOWEN.

Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMoN, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

